122.011
Development services agency; powers and duties.

(A)
The development
services agency shall develop and promote plans
and programs designed to assure that state resources are efficiently used,
economic growth is properly balanced, community growth is developed in an
orderly manner, and local governments are coordinated with each other and the
state, and for such purposes may do all of the following:

(1)
Serve as a clearinghouse for information, data, and other materials that may be
helpful or necessary to persons or local governments, as provided in section
122.073 of the Revised
Code;

(2)
Prepare and
activate plans for the retention, development, expansion, and use of the
resources and commerce of the state, as provided in section
122.04 of the Revised
Code;

(3)
Assist and
cooperate with federal, state, and local governments and agencies of federal,
state, and local governments in the coordination of programs to carry out the
functions and duties of the agency;

(4)
Encourage and foster research and development activities, conduct studies
related to the solution of community problems, and develop recommendations for
administrative or legislative actions, as provided in section
122.03 of the Revised
Code;

(5)
Serve as the
economic and community development planning agency, which shall prepare and
recommend plans and programs for the orderly growth and development of this
state and which shall provide planning assistance, as provided in section
122.06 of the Revised
Code;

(6)
Cooperate
with and provide technical assistance to state departments, political
subdivisions, regional and local planning commissions, tourist associations,
councils of government, community development groups, community action
agencies, and other appropriate organizations for carrying out the functions
and duties of the development services agency or for the solution of
community problems;

(7)
Coordinate
the activities of state agencies that have an impact on carrying out the
functions and duties of the development
services agency;

(8)
Encourage
and assist the efforts of and cooperate with local governments to develop
mutual and cooperative solutions to their common problems that relate to
carrying out the purposes of this section;

(9)
Study existing structure, operations, and financing of regional or local
government and those state activities that involve significant relations with
regional or local governmental units, recommend to the governor and to the
general assembly such changes in these provisions and activities as will
improve the operations of regional or local government, and conduct other
studies of legal provisions that affect problems related to carrying out the
purposes of this section;

(10)
Create and operate a division of community development to develop and
administer programs and activities that are authorized by federal statute or
the Revised Code;

(11)
Until
October 15, 2007, establish fees and charges, in consultation with the director
of agriculture, for purchasing loans from financial institutions and providing
loan guarantees under the family farm loan program created under sections
901.80 to
901.83 of the Revised
Code;

(12)
Provide
loan servicing for the loans purchased and loan guarantees provided under
section 901.80 of the Revised Code as that
section existed prior to October 15, 2007;

(13)
Until October 15, 2007, and upon approval by the controlling board under
division (A)(3) of section
901.82 of the Revised Code of the
release of money to be used for purchasing a loan or providing a loan
guarantee, request the release of that money in accordance with division (B) of
section 166.03 of the Revised Code for use
for the purposes of the fund created by section
166.031 of the Revised
Code.

(14)
Allocate
that portion of the national recovery zone economic development bond limitation
and that portion of the national recovery zone facility bond limitation that
has been allocated to the state under section 1400U-1 of the Internal Revenue
Code, 26 U.S.C. 1400U-1. If any county or municipal
corporation waives any portion of an allocation it receives under division
(A)(14) of this section, the agency
may reallocate that amount. Any allocation or reallocation shall be made in
accordance with this section and section 1400U-1 of the Internal Revenue
Code.

(B)
The director of development
services may request the attorney general to, and
the attorney general, in accordance with section
109.02 of the Revised Code, shall
bring a civil action in any court of competent jurisdiction. The director may
be sued in the director's official capacity, in connection with this chapter,
in accordance with Chapter 2743. of the Revised Code.

(C)
The director shall execute
a contract pursuant to section
187.04 of the Revised Code with the
nonprofit corporation formed under section
187.01 of the Revised Code, and may
execute any additional contracts with the corporation providing for the
corporation to assist the director or agency in
carrying out any duties of the director or agency
under this chapter, under any other provision of the
Revised Code dealing with economic development, or under a contract with
the director, subject to section
187.04 of the Revised
Code.